Concordia Theological Quarterly Volume 75:3-4 July/October 2011 Table Contents Walther and the Revival of Confessional Lutheranism Martin R. Noland ................................................................................ 195 Grabau Versus Walther: The Use of the Book o/Concord in the American Lutheran Debate on Church and Ministry in the Nineteenth Century Benjamin T.G. Mayes ......................................................................... 217 C.F.W. Walther's Use of Luther Cameron A. MacKenzie ..................................................................... 253 Mission through Witness, Mercy, Life Together in Walther and the First Fathers of Missouri Albert B. Collver ................................................................................. 275 Eduard Preuss and C.F.W. Walther Roland F. Ziegler ................................................................................ 289 Wilhelm Lohe: His Voice Still Heard in Walther's Church John T. Pless ........................................................................................ 311 Walther, the Third Use of the Law, and Contemporary Issues David P. Scaer ..................................................................................... 329 The King James Version: The Beginning or the End? Cameron A. MacKenzie ..................................................................... 343 Theological Observer ...................................................................................... 367 Dean Wenthe: An Appreciation An Old Seminary, a New President, and the Unfolding of Divine History The Sacred Character of Human Life Book Reviews ...................................................................................................372 Books Received ................................................................................................ 381 Indices for Volume 75 (2011) .......................................................................... 382 Observing Two Anniversaries Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was born on October 25, 1811, in Langenchursdorf, Saxony, Germany. It is appropriate that this issue honor C.F.W. Walther on this 200th anniversary of his birth because of his significant influence as the first and third president of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (1847-1850 and 1864-1878) and also president and professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (1850-1887). Most of the articles below, which were first presented at the 2011 Symposium on the Lutheran Confessions in Fort Wayne, reflect his influence in many areas of biblical teaching, confessional subscription, and the life of the church in mission. These historical and theological studies are offered here so that Walther may be understood in his context and continue to be a blessed voice in our synod as we face the future. This issue also recognizes one other anniversary. The venerated King James Version of the Bible, first printed in 1611, is now 400 years old. The article below on the King James Version was originally given as a paper at the 2011 Symposium on Exegetical Theology in honor of this anniversary. The importance of this translation for the English-speaking world is widely acknowledged. Although many may think that its day has passed, this article demonstrates the ongoing influence of the King James Version through other translations. The Editors 7'> (20ll): 217-252 Grabau Versus Walther: are vcr The Use of the Book of Concord in the American Lutheran Debate on Church and Ministry can in the Nineteenth Century \lcr­ )sits Benjamin T. G. Mayes int\' 5S0r This is not a story of good against evil, but of two justified sinners, :}od each filled with anger at the other and often completely misunderstanding It be the other, due in part to their totally contrary experiences and fears. From the early 1840s until 1866, a dispute raged between Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther and the Missouri Synod, on the one hand, i:md Johannes tted Andreas August Grabau and the Buffalo Synod, on the other hand. 1 The pro­ debate centered on the doctrines of the church and the ministrv. Here we will not describe the history in detaiJ.1 Instead, our task is to examine how Grabau used the Book the authoritative statement of faith for the Lutheran Church, in his dispute with Walther. Since Walther's use of the confessions can be known from the English translations of his works, we will focus here on hoy\, Grabau used them. Both Grabau and Walther wanted to teach and conduct their ministries in accordance vvith the tures and the Book of Concord. Yet these common authorities, the two men and the synods they led (the Buffalo and Missouri Svtlods) came out to significantly different points of view on how parts of the Book of Concord hese should be understood. her- By examining how Grabau used the Book (~f Concord in his dispute with Walther, we will see that, far from Roman Catholic in teaching, l Grabau's background of resistance to tlll' Prussian Cnion and Walther's back- of resistance to Martin 5tephan, while not the on!\" reasons for the took, did shape the deb<lte that followed. Yet Grabau and \Valther agreed on manv of doctrine and practice, and these agreements should not be o\erlooked. law, For many pOints of agreement, see \'Villiam M. ("wirla, "Grabau and the 5,lxon Pastor,,: The Doctrine of the Holy Ministry, 1840-1845," COJ[c(lrdill fli5toricallJl5tilutc 68 ppas, no. 2 (1995): 84-99. This journal will he abbre\iated hereafter Cf-iIQ. "lvin For that, see Roy A. 5uelflow, "The Relations of the Missouri 5\'l10d with tIll' Buffalo Synod up to 1866," CHIQ 27 1-19,57-73,97-132; Johann A. Grabau, ndon "Johann Andreas August Grabau: A Biographical 5ketch," CHIQ 23-25 (1950): 10-17, xford 66-Tt 170-75; 35-39, 74-79, 124-32; 49-71; David A. Gerber, "The Pathos of Exile: Old xford Lutheran Refugee" in the Cnitcd 5tates and South Australia," COlllpamli('[" Silldic,: ill alld 26 no. 3 (1984): 4Y8-522. e on T.G. Mayes is Associate Editor Professiol/al and Academic Books at Concordia Publishing House, St. Missouri. 218 Concordia Theological Quarterly 75 (2011) Grabau and the Buffalo Synod advocated a kind of Lutheranism that was based on the Book of Concord and the early Lutheran church orders.3 In many points Grabau has been misunderstood by Missouri. At the same time, we will see places where Grabau and the Buffalo Synod misunder­ stood Walther and the Missouri Synod. Much Missouri Synod scholarship on Grabau and the Buffalo Synod has been based on Christian Hochstetter's history of the Missouri Synod.4 Hochstetter, a renegade Buffalo Synod pastor who challenged Grabau as leader of the Synod and then led a contingent of congregations from the Buffalo Synod to the Missouri Synod in 1866, characterized Grabau as hierarchical through and through. According to Hochstetter, Grabau's theology of the ministry was Roman Catholic, tyrannical, and utterly contrary to the Lutheran Confessions. However, Hochstetter's history is unreliable. He often gives quotations out of context and without citation, so that it is difficult to know whether he is fair with his sources. 5 His chapter on the Buffalo Synod reads more like propaganda than careful his­ tory. Thus, Hochstetter's work serves better as a reflection of Missouri Synod views toward the Buffalo Synod than as a primary source for under­ standing the Buffalo Synod and Grabau in and of themselves. The line of Missouri Synod scholarship tracing its lineage to Hochstetter needs to be questioned and should be reassessed through examination of primary sources. ~ I f 3 For their part, Walther and the Missouri Synod advocated a kind of Lutheranism found in the Book ofConcord, early Luther, earlier Lutheran Orthodoxy, and Phillip Jacob ~. Spener. For example, the Missouri Saxons said that through Philipp Jacob Spener's book I Das geistlzehe Priesterthum ("The Spiritual Priesthood") they knew about the doctrine of r; the priesthood of all believers and its distinction from the ministry. Gotthold Heinrich t Lober, et aL, "Unsre Beurtheilung der vorstehenden Widerlegung des Herrn Pastor Grabau ['Reply to Anti-critique: Jan. IS, 1845]," in Der Hirtenbri~f des Herm Pastors Grabau zu Buffalo vom Jahre 1840, ed. G. H. Lober (New York: H. Ludwig & Co., 1849), 64-88, here at 67. The Saxons could have known Spener through the 1830 edition: Philipp Jakob Spener, Das geistliche Priesterthum gottlichem Wort kurtzljeh beschrieben. und mit einstimmenden Zeugnussen gottseliger Lehrer bekriifftiget (Berlin: Ludwig Oehmigke, 1830). See also Cwirla, "Grabau and the Saxon Pastors," 89. 4 Christian Hochstetter, Die Geschichle der Evangelisch-lutheriscllen Missouri-Synode in Nordamerika. und ihrer Lehrkiimpfe von der siichsischen Auswanderung im Jahre 1838 an bis zum Jahre 1884 (Dresden: Naumann, 1885). It appeared in English translation as Christian Hochstetter, A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri Synod in North America and Her Doctrinal Controversies from the Time of the Saxon Emigration in tlte Year 1838 LIntil the Year 1884, tr. Walter J. Plischke and Fred Kramer (St. Louis: Concordia Historical Institute, 2005). 5 For example, the quote of the Kircltliches Informatorium on 196-197. Ir ! l j Mayes: Grabau Versus Walther 219 S Following some articles of the Augsburg Confession, the controversy t1 between Walther and Grabau will be examined as it touched on the under­ e standing and use of the Book of Concord. Our examination will not be able to mention every quotation of the Lutheran symbolical books but must be limited to showing the main contours of how